Cheapish Circa 1900 East Tennessee Farmhouse For Sale With Views Under $135K

OHU50K Notes   $134,900

Here is an East Tennessee farmhouse for sale in a beautiful area of East Tennessee. If views are what you want, this house has them. The five bedroom, two bath home features a wrap-around porch, sawtooth gables, lovely fireplace mantels, and vintage steel kitchen cabinetry.

Agent Comments

Turn of the century home in downtown Oliver Springs. Two story home with 5 bedrooms and 2 baths located on a double city lot. Features include a 2 car carport, large covered front porch, cellar, and convenient location. Home has a history of settlement through the years.

• 5 bed
• 2 bath
• 1,672 sqft
• 0.45 acre lot
• Build date 1900

If interested in a property, please contact the realtor whose link is provided in the post below, or contact an agent of your own choosing. Independent verification of details and status is recommended.

302 East St, Oliver Springs, TN, 37840      $134,900

• Contact Realtor: Richard Bell – The REAL ESTATE Office
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Town History

The town was named after Richard Oliver, the community’s first postmaster. He provided mail service out of his 35-room mansion which was also an inn. Oliver was also the first to tap into the mineral springs.

In 1873, Joseph Richards purchased Oliver’s land and built a resort hotel, the Oliver Springs Hotel in 1894, which became very popular with wealthy guests seeking health benefits from the mineral springs.

The hotel, however, burned in 1905, and the town made the poor decision to cover the springs rather than rebuild the hotel. You can still see evidence of water conduits and reservoirs on the site.

After that, the area became dependent on the coal industry, and subsequent to that it became dependent on business generated from the nearby Manhattan project. By the early 1990s, that business dried up, and Oliver Springs has been struggling to find a base for their economy ever since.

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